Monday 18 June 2012

GPs set for QOF indicators to support dementia carers

GPs will be required to assess the emotional and psychological needs of carers for people with dementia under a trio of indicators proposed for the 2014/15 QOF, NICE decided yesterday.

NICE is piloting the indicators – which are designed to better support the carers of people with dementia - in practices in the Midlands this year, with a view of including them in the 2014/15 QOF.

The QOF currently requires that practices create a register of patients diagnosed with dementia and address their health needs, but this will be extended to carers of those patients.

Full Article on Pulse

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